Keynote Speakers
Otto Kalliokoski
Otto Kalliokoski is an associate professor at the Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. A former engineer turned biomedical researcher and laboratory animal scientist; his work focuses on improving pre-clinical methodology and developing unbiased approaches to assess animal welfare. He is particularly interested in using meta-analytical investigations to reduce redundant animal experiments, believing that enhanced welfare benefits both animals and research quality. With over a decade of experience, he has been actively teaching meta-analysis, statistics, and experimental design, aiming to refine scientific rigor and ethical standards in pre-clinical medicine.
Jan Bas Prins
Jan Bas Prins received his master's degree with distinction from the Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He went on to doing his PhD in Laboratory Animal Science with Prof. Dr. L. van Zutphen at the University of Utrecht. After post-doctoral projects at the University of Oxford, UK, and the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, he became the head of the pre-clinical division of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at the Erasmus Medical Centre. In 2002, he took the position of Director of the Central Animal Facility of the Leiden University Medical Centre, LUMC, in the Netherlands. In October 2018, he was appointed Director of the Biological Research Facility at The Francis Crick Institute in London, UK. A position he held till April 2024. He is Emeritus Professor of Laboratory Animal Science at the LUMC and the University of Leiden. He is a former member of the Netherlands National Committee for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (2014-2024) and a former President of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA). He is chair of Laboratory Animals Ltd, chair of the Advisory Board of the Willy van HeumenFonds (Foundation ‘Fund for the Promotion of Alternatives to Laboratory Animals’), chair of the Ethics Committee of DEC-Consult, member of the Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Guido Bernardini for better education and training, Vice-President of the Institute of Animal Technology, and a member of the AAALAC International Council of Accreditation.
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years. He has practiced as a designated vet for the last 15 years. Based in the UK, J-P provides consultancy internationally. He has worked with major academia and research institutes, pharma, and range of industry stakeholders. His research aims at 3R implementation with a particular focus on aquatics. The latter led to J-P convening working groups of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA). Over the years, J-P got more and more involved with FELASA in various positions (secretary, chair of scientific committee, member of congress organising committees), and J-P is currently FELASA President.
